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Recent Newsletter Articles
Street Law Resources for Navigating Systems
The lessons and activities in the Street Law Resource Library are very much worth checking out. They provide excellent opportunities to engage in meaningful dialogue and sharpen critical thinking skills, and they will help our learners avoid pitfalls when navigating a wide variety of systems. Read More
Build Critical Thinking Skills and Hit the Content Standards Trifecta
NewseumED is an excellent resource for building critical thinking skills (ACES), practicing with the key shifts in the ELA section of CCRS, and developing digital literacy (Northstar). Read on to learn more! Read More
New Resource for Teaching the “Top 10” 21st Century Skills
Have you been searching for a soft skills curriculum that contains ready to use lessons? How about tools for assessment? The "21st Century Skills Resources" from New World of Work might be just what you need. And did I mention that it's all free? Read on to learn more. Read More
A New Resource to Help Learners Develop Their Future Pathways
Do you struggle to find materials that support career exploration? A new website will help both your ESL and ABE learners explore the in- demand field of health care while also building core reading and writing skills. Read More
Using ACES/TIF to Foster a Growth Mindset
It's a new year and the perfect time to see a new purpose for using ACES/TIF with your learners. In this article, ACES Coordinator Stephanie Sommers discusses how ACES/TIF can be used to develop a growth mindset with your learners. Read More
Career Connections
Career Connections, part of the PBS Learning Media website, is an amazing collection of 100 videos in which “Young professionals tell us about their jobs and take us behind the scenes to show us what they do every day.” Read More
Learn about LINCS!
The Literacy Information and Communication System (LINCS) offers freely available courses, resources, and community for adult educators. Check out this powerful resource! Read More
Using Video to Develop Effective Communication Skills
If you practice listening and speaking skills with your students, check out the Film English website - a resource that combines funny, poignant, powerful video clips with ready-to-use ESL lessons to support language teaching. Read More
Boosting Critical Thinking Skills with the New York Times Learning Network
Help your students develop the essential critical thinking skills that they need, such as analyzing and synthesizing information, with a very timely resource: the New York Times Learning Network! Read More
Minneapolis Institute of Art Introduces ESL Tours
We tend to focus on practical, survivalist content in our ESL classes.... [A]rt can seem superfluous, but in truth art is a text that learners can do a close reading of. On art tours we use visual thinking strategies, engage participants in effective communication and critical thinking, and welcome them into our community. Read More